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in place., and dressing parts. The horse was sent home with in¬ 
structions to move seton and dress leg twice with antiseptics 
and cooling lotions each day. The only report from the case 
was given by Dr. Hay, of Faribault, six months later, who said 
the treatment was too successful to be profitable, as the owner 
never even consulted him regarding the case, but the horse was 
at work and as good as ever, and the leg as small as its fellow. 
No. 4, June 26, 1900, bay mare Judith, belonging to the 
Minnesota State Experimental Station, having been sent to my 
infirmary to be delivered, but before removal got cast in the 
stall and produced a nice big fat capped hock, so I called Drs. 
Reynolds and Brimhall to assist in the operation, which con¬ 
sisted in casting, cleansing and cocaimng the parts. An open¬ 
ing was made at the lower part of the swelling, from behind 
upwards, to within half an inch of the apex. The sack was 
then separated from its attachments and removed. Parts were 
cared for as in previous cases recorded, and were healing nicely 
until ten days later patient got cast in the stall the second time, 
causing the entire hock to swell to double its original size. 
Then I decided to place her in sling, where she was kept until 
August 4th, the parts being nicely healed, showing only a small 
scar about the size of a nickel. 
No. 5, October 20, 1900, was called to see William K., 
2-23^, belonging to J. W. Hull, Minneapolis. History of long 
standing trouble, with more than a year of lameness at inter¬ 
vals. The part affected the left front leg at fetlock ; large bleb 
appearing on outer and upper side, about the size of a turkey’s 
e gg. I at once opened parts and injected sheath with iodine. 
By opening the sack, I found it consisted of a number of. coats, 
indicating the result of several attacks of inflammation. I re¬ 
moved as much of the external wall of sack as possible, and at 
the point of the external excision a depression is now to be seen. 
William K. has been in use since March 1st, and is now free 
from lameness, with leg firm, and does not swell from using. 
His treatment was as near as possible a repetition of previous 
cases. 
